rhtankman Posted October 8, 2004 Posted October 8, 2004 Hi Everyone I have been away for a few weeks and have something great to report! My destination of choice was Crete, you know, get to the bottom of Greece and keep going. This place is so nice, that my wife and I have decided to uproot, sell everything and go live there, (well in three years time). The shock horror thing was that whilst I was parking my hire car (Xsara Picasso) a Pluriel 1.4 minus arches pulled alongside me. We obviously got chatting, him being a German and I found out he had hired the Pluriel from a hire shop in Iraklio. That was just the start, I then counted 32 pluriels over the next week (Thats more than I've seen in London in a year). But Yes, you've guessed it, Pluriel is the vehicle of choice in Crete, minus arches of course as they boast 360 days of sunshine, alongside the Jeep and the Quad, they are the most used hire car on the island. Seeing so many, has encouraged me to take mine (1.6 senso) with me when we move. I managed to call in to a dealer over there and the servicing centres for Pluriel are first rate and there is nothing they do not know about the car (unlike our dealers of course) Reporting back on mine now after it has just passed its first birthday IT's BLOODY BRILLIANT I had a great summer, without arches, just about to start my second winter and looking forward to the spring. roll on three years time Bye for now :blink: Quote
hertsnminds Posted October 8, 2004 Posted October 8, 2004 Sounds like the Crete Pluriel Owners Club has lots of members, maybe the UK Owners can get out there on an exchange trip! Good to know that there are some markets where the dealers take an interest and where the car is enjoyed as it should be. Maybe the lack of damp weather has something to do with it. Maybe as more are sold in the UK we can get some more enthusiasm for them over here. Ian Orange 03 Senso Quote
Richard Fairhurst Posted October 8, 2004 Posted October 8, 2004 The inlaws spent a happy few weeks in Canada this summer, and report that the Pluriel is quite the in-thing there. Canadian weather is quite extreme - at least where they were. Glorious summers and freezing winters. There aren't many cars which are equally suitable in both... except the Pluriel. Quote
rwatson1 Posted October 9, 2004 Posted October 9, 2004 Are there really a lot of Pluriels in Canada? To my knowledge, new Citroens aren't officially available anywhere in North America and haven't been since the 1970's. Quote
cjgpers Posted October 9, 2004 Posted October 9, 2004 [quote name='rwatson1' date='Oct 9 2004, 01:38 AM'] Are there really a lot of Pluriels in Canada? To my knowledge, new Citroens aren't officially available anywhere in North America and haven't been since the 1970's. [/quote] No, Citroens are not sold anywhere in North America apart from places like Bermuda, Panama, Saint-Martin, Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon, etc. See [url="http://www.citroen.com/CWW/fr-FR/CountrySearchHome.htm?cont=1"]http://www.citroen.com/CWW/fr-FR/CountrySe...Home.htm?cont=1[/url] So, how can the Pluiel be so popular in Canada when they're not sold there? Quote
Richard Fairhurst Posted October 9, 2004 Posted October 9, 2004 Wouldn't know... I wasn't there (more's the pity). Imports maybe? Quote
hertsnminds Posted October 9, 2004 Posted October 9, 2004 They have been sold there in the past... The Company in 1962 The sales company, Citroën Canada Ltd, is established in Montreal, Canada. (http://www.citroen.com/NR/exeres/052A6281-68DC-4339-B06D-EE22B4768FCB,frameless.htm) And enthusiats hold meetings there, this one from 2002 (http://french.cars.free.fr/ottawa/index.htm) History of the Ottawa Citroën Club Is it possible to live an existence of Citroëniste in Canada when the last Citroen was sold there in 1974? (http://french.cars.free.fr/ottawa/history.htm) There is also an owners club in North America for Classic Citroen (http://www.citroen-ca.com/USA.html) Ian Orange 03 Senso Quote
n_olympios Posted October 18, 2004 Posted October 18, 2004 [quote name='rhtankman' date='Oct 8 2004, 12:14 PM'] Hi Everyone I have been away for a few weeks and have something great to report! My destination of choice was Crete, you know, get to the bottom of Greece and keep going. This place is so nice, that my wife and I have decided to uproot, sell everything and go live there, (well in three years time). [/quote] I'm glad you like Crete, you will be more than welcome here. :unsure: Feel free to ask me anything you want about Greece. Use my email if you want a quick answer (I don't come in here very often, sorry). :unsure: Quote
rhtankman Posted October 19, 2004 Author Posted October 19, 2004 Hi n_olympios Thanks for that, we are really serious about doing this, so much so that I have started to learn Greek. Any help you can give me in that direction would be great. Do you live in Greece or on Crete? and could you let me know what your email address is, would love to talk to you. regards John :unsure: Quote
n_olympios Posted October 19, 2004 Posted October 19, 2004 [quote name='rhtankman' date='Oct 19 2004, 04:59 PM'] Hi n_olympios Thanks for that, we are really serious about doing this, so much so that I have started to learn Greek. Any help you can give me in that direction would be great. Do you live in Greece or on Crete? and could you let me know what your email address is, would love to talk to you. regards John :D [/quote] Hi John, I don't live in Crete, I live in Athens but I'd be happy to gather info for you. Not so sure how you'll manage to learn greek though (it has been said that it's difficult, I didn't find any real difficulty in learning how to speak though :unsure: :D ) My name's Nick and my email address is n_REMOVEolympios @ gmail.com (you can never be too careful) :unsure: Quote
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